Zài / gǔdài / jiāzú / rúguǒ / fásì / chángcháng / huì / cóng / pángzhī / guòjì / zǐsì在古代,家族如果乏嗣,常常会从旁支过继子嗣。In ancient times, if a family had no heirs, it often adopted an heir from a collateral branch.